Jeisa Chiminazzo

Jeisa inside the May 2006 issue of the Italian Vanity Fair—

backstage at Miu-Miu

This is the part I liked best at the El Pais Semanal article, and I’ve attached a backstage photo to prove it:

It’s time for her make-up and hair, 45 minutes of passive inactivity during which models abuse of their new generation mobile phones. But not Jeisa. She has the phone off the whole day (“Why should I pay if I have an agent?” she questions), and instead, starts reading the business section of The New York Times. (from The phenomenal Jeisa Chiminazzo)

That sure is one thing I didn’t really expect to hear about Jeisa. ;)

Gianbattista Valli Fall 2006

Luella Spring 2006
inside USA Harper’s Bazaar March 2006 (Related)

Burberry Fall 2006

Emilio Pucci Fall 2006

Here’s the Spring/Summer 2006 campaign for the Spanish line Fun & Basics. The images have been screencapped from the company’s official website.

Fun & Basics have stores in Spain, Mexico and Portugal.

Here’s an update from Chic News which I attempted (feel free to correct me) to translate—

Brazilian Cannes: session of cinema with the presence of Jeísa (May 17, 2006)

Festival of tropical Cannes. The L’Equipe agency of Brazil, represented by director Lica Kohlrausch, is going to take its top model Jeísa Chiminazzo and 12 more girls of its casting for the session preview of the documentary Puro espírito do Brasil, produced by the O2 Film (City of God, Domestic). The preview of the film happens in home of summer vacation of nobody less than the French fashion designer Pierre Cardin.

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[Editor’s note: Here is the article in El País Semanal (May 2006) originally translated by stersita of TFS.]

The main feature of this session is the Brazilian model of the moment. She’s intelligent and pragmatic, she understands finances and shares birthday with Lindsay Lohan, Sean Lennon and Kate Moss. She has been working since she was 13, and now, at 21, she now owns both multimillionaire campaigns and real estate properties.

She arrived at 9:05 for her photography session with El Pais Semanal, which takes place at an old harbor zone on Buenos Aires. She’s dressed with the usual uniform every model above a certain level wears: a Balenciaga jacket, jeans and a pair of Chanel boots which aren’t selling on shops yet. (“I didn’t steal them” assures Jeisa referring to her boots. “Karl gave them to me as a present.”) The chat, however, stops soon. It’s time for her make-up and hair, 45 minutes of passive inactivity during which models abuse of their new generation mobile phones. But not Jeisa. She has the phone off the whole day (“Why should I pay if I have an agent?” she questions), and instead, starts reading the business section of The New York Times.

A couple of hours later, during lunch time, she investigates asking the local producer about the effects US dollars have on Argentina’s economy and it’s impact on properties’ prices on Buenos Aires. She analyses the difference in price between a squared meter of land in Brazil—where she was born, Manhattan, Los Angeles and London, and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of living in New York. Clearly, saying models are stupid is totally wrong.

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